Compliance Tips for Boosters

A Representative of Athletics Interests (Booster) is any individual who has:

Made any type of financial contribution to the Linfield athletics department or booster organization.
Assisted in recruiting a prospective student-athlete.
Participated in/is a member of any agency or organization promoting the athletics program.
Assisted in providing benefits directly to enrolled student-athletes or their families.
Been involved otherwise in promoting the institution's athletics program.
Once booster status is established, individuals retain that identity indefinitely.

Boosters CAN:

Contribute funds to support a particular sport.
Call the compliance office to request student-athletes speak at charitable or education functions.
Notify coaching staff of outstanding prospective student-athletes.
Notify head coaches or the athletic department of job possibilities for student-athletes.
Pay student-athletes for work actually performed and at a rate commensurate with the going rate for similar services.
Continue established relationships.

Boosters CANNOT:

Provide a student-athlete, or his/her family, complimentary tickets to a Linfield sporting event.
Provide tickets or transportation for high school, prep school, or community college coaches at any location, at any time.
Contact a prospective student athlete on or off campus.
Contact an enrolled student-athlete at another institution for the purpose of encouraging their transfer to Linfield and participation in our athletic programs.
Pay or offer to pay for registration fees for summer sports camps for a prospect.
Contact the prospect's coach, principal, or counselor for the purpose of evaluating the prospect.
Invite selected high school or community college prospective student-athletes to alumni events.
Employ or arrange for the employment of a prospect or an enrolled student-athlete without first checking with the compliance office.
Provide transportation for prospects or student-athletes in your employment unless transportation is provided for all other employees.
Provide a prospective student-athlete or student-athlete with extra benefits such as money, movie passes, free restaurant meals, long distance charges, or free or reduced housing.
Provide preferential treatment or discounted professional services (e.g. legal, medical) because of a student-athlete's athletics reputation or payback potential as a professional athlete.
Pay a student-athlete's expenses or loan a car to the student-athlete for use to any destination, for any reason, including personal reasons or to receive an athletics-related award.
Provide the family or friends of student-athletes with transportation or housing expenses to visit an enrolled student-athlete or attend an away-from-home contest.
Provide a student-athlete with an award or gift for his/her athletics participation, even after the student-athlete's graduation and exhaustion of eligibility.
Employ a student-athlete or use his/her picture or name for the purpose of directly advertising, recommending or promoting a commercial product or service.